“Kanden Kadhalai” which is a re-make of the Hindi blockbuster “Jab We Met” which had Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor playing the lead, has Bharat and Tamannah Bhatia playing the lead in this Tamil version. Normally in re-makes one can see certain subtle changes being made to the original version to make it more suitable for the regional audience. But in this movie the director has decided to play safe by re-making every single scene along with similar costumes of the original version with great precision.

The movie begins with Shakthi (Bharath) whose company is in turmoil and he not willing to continue at the helm after his father’s death decides to leave everything as it is and move on. He then accidentally boards the Pandian Express without a ticket which also has Anjali (Tamannah Bhatia) as his co-passenger. Shakthi then alights in the middle of the journey and when Anjali tries to help him she ends up missing the train.

Anjali then holding Shakthi responsible pesters him to drop her to Theni, which happens to be her home town. The journey from the station till her house and the events that unfolds during the journey which takes different propositions for both Anjali and Shakthi and what happens in the end is told in the movie.

In comparison with the original version, the actors totally fall short of expectations. Both Bharath and Tamannah imitate Shahid and Kareena scene by scene are found wanting in most of the places and especially Tamannah who looks very unnatural when she overacts which was carried out with ease by Kareena.

The director R. Kannan though has made certain minor changes towards the end and in order to bring in the comedy element has brought in Santhanam as Anjali’s uncle with whom her marriage gets fixed. Apart from that there is nothing new in this “Kanden Kadhalai” and its high time our film makers do away with the conventional railway station location endings.

If you have watched “Jab We Met” forget this “Kanden Kadhalai” but for others its worth watching.